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In the next few weeks, if you’re a college applicant, you’ll be hearing notifications from schools - if you haven’t already. You may be quite pleasantly surprised when a college gives you the “Yes” and welcomes you [...]
Senioritis, or Senior Slump, is defined by Merriam-Webster as “an ebbing of motivation and effort by high school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower grades.” As tempting as it is to goof off, slack off, [...]
I'm speaking at the IECA Fall Conference this week, as a part of the IECA committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), in a session on November 10, discussing how we can advance efforts to make education [...]
In the wake of the COVID-19 restrictions making standardized exams such as the SAT and ACT difficult to administer, many colleges and universities in the United States have made standardized exams optional for applications for admissions. There [...]
As of August 1st, the Common App application portal has been updated by the member schools for the 2021-2022 application season. The University of California application portal has also gone live for this season, too! If you [...]
If you’re a rising senior (12th grader) going into your application season in the fall, now is a good time to work on your personal statement! WHY? It’s not too early, and you may actually have the [...]
You’ve been uniquely challenged with a sudden change to how you learn - from meeting your cohorts and teachers in person, to interacting with them on a screen. You’ve seen many of your activities go by the [...]
For those of you who are awaiting college decision letters, besides the Accept and Deny decisions, there is also the Waitlist (WL), which is sort of an admissions limbo. You’re not “in,” yet you’re not “out” either. [...]
In the next few weeks, those of you who have applied to colleges and universities for the upcoming fall term will be hearing back from the schools, if you haven’t already. You may be quite pleasantly surprised [...]
For those rising seniors (current juniors), the spring is traditionally often the time to visit prospective college campuses. However, in these extraordinary times, that may not be quite as feasible. Many colleges and universities either close their [...]
The new Common App Essay Prompts are released. They're identical to last year's, with one change - what we call the "gratitude" prompt: Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy [...]
The applications season has been like no other in the past. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many colleges and universities to go test-optional (or even test-blind) in their applications this past fall due to the difficulty of [...]